Seattle is among ‘America’s snobbiest cities’

Of course San Francisco and New York would make Travel + Leisure’s top 20 list of “America’s snobbiest cities.” Those are definitely big-ego cities.

But Seattle? Aren’t we a bunch of laid-back, come-as-you-are types who are maybe prone to some hipsterism, but still earthy enough?

Apparently not, according to T+L’s readers who ranked us high on the magazine’s criteria for hoity-toitiness. That included a city’s trendiness, aloofness, “highbrow culture,” and whether the locals are good-looking.

“In this city of coffee connoisseurs and tech-savvy early adopters, it can be easy to feel hopelessly out of step,” T+L wrote about Seattle.

In other words, don’t look for Dunkin’ Donuts coffee on your iPhone 4, perhaps. But no one would judge you if you did that here, right?